but one thing we ll try to him about is something i haven t discussed in a full segment on this program but i have suggested from time to time, that i do not see, given that presidents of the united states get lifetime secret service protection, i have not been able to see how a president, former president, can be sentenced to prison. that means a dozen secret service agents. you ve seen how many secret service agents go to court with him. how many have to go to prison with him? how do you do that? in what prison? how is that supposed to work? i have just as i think about it i have thought i thought it to be impossible. eric holder thinks it s possible. as attorney general used to be in charge of the bureau of prisons so finally we have someone who knows more about this than i do, which is pretty easy to find. those are some logistics i would like to hear about, lawrence, so i will be tuning in. finally we re gonna have that discussion. i m eager to do. it at long last.
impossible. eric holder thinks it s possible. as attorney general, he used to be in charge of the bureau of prisons. so finally we have someone who knows more about this than i do, which is pretty easy to find. those are some logistics i would like to hear about, lawrence, so i will be tuning in. finally, we re gonna have that discussion. i m eager to do it. at long last. i will stay tuned. thank you. this day began with the announcement of the emmy nominations, honoring some, but not all, of the very best work done on television in the last year, which makes it a fitting day to consider how much damage television has done in some of the places where we are allowed to point our cameras. i am speaking, of course, about what television has done to the congressional hearing as we approach the 70th year of television coverage of congressional hearings. this hearing has turned into absolute chaos. that happened at 11:39 a.m. today, 69 years after the first televised co
Followed. It will amount to a declaration of complication war and it will warn a response with economic means, political means and, if necessary, other means. Our american friends should understanding that now, that threat follows this weeks announced u. S. Sanctions on moscow for its use of a nerve agent to target a former russian spy on british soil. Those sanctions, by the way, which could ratchet up even more in 90 days just the latest blow to the russian economy and, in particular, its currency. I dont have to tell you this, you know. This but for the folks at home who are unaware, the president s Dollar Diplomacy sent the ruble plummeting. Their currency is down 7 for the week. Its worst week in over three years. It is absolutely cratering. As for the state department. Here is what Heather Nauert had to say. She said Secretary Pompeo spoke with russian counter part sergey lavrov. Secretary pompeo reiterated the u. S. Seeks an improved
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